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2024 in review – DNW Podcast #516
My good sales month, plus a look back at popular and noteworthy stories in the domain business. Happy New Year! As we look forward to 2025, let’s take a moment to consider what impacted the domain industry in 2024. On today’s episode: Pos...
Discussion
2024 in review – DNW Podcast #516
My good sales month, plus a look back at popular and noteworthy stories in the domain business. Happy New Year! As we look forward to 2025, let’s take a moment to consider what impacted the domain industry in 2024. On today’s episode: Pos...
Discussion
January 6, 2025, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
How domain name stocks performed in 2024
GoDaddy and NameSilo gained; Team Internet Group and Tucows faced headwinds. With 2024 in the books, here’s a look at how domain name stocks performed for the year. For reference, the NASDAQ was up nearly 29% for the year. NameSilo (OTC: URL.CN...
Discussion
How domain name stocks performed in 2024
GoDaddy and NameSilo gained; Team Internet Group and Tucows faced headwinds. With 2024 in the books, here’s a look at how domain name stocks performed for the year. For reference, the NASDAQ was up nearly 29% for the year. NameSilo (OTC: URL.CN...
Discussion
January 6, 2025, 1:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
2024 in review: The Domain Aftermarket
Afternic introduces Boost and more domain sales platforms launch. Most domain investors make money by selling their domains through aftermarket platforms such as Afternic and Sedo. This year brought significant developments to these platforms. The bi...
Discussion
2024 in review: The Domain Aftermarket
Afternic introduces Boost and more domain sales platforms launch. Most domain investors make money by selling their domains through aftermarket platforms such as Afternic and Sedo. This year brought significant developments to these platforms. The bi...
Discussion
January 3, 2025, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Ai approaches 600k domains as handoff nears
.Ai namespace continues to grow quickly. If you listened to this year’s predictions podcast, you heard many people talk about artificial intelligence. One of the biggest beneficiaries of AI in Anguilla, which lucked into having the .ai country ...
Discussion
.Ai approaches 600k domains as handoff nears
.Ai namespace continues to grow quickly. If you listened to this year’s predictions podcast, you heard many people talk about artificial intelligence. One of the biggest beneficiaries of AI in Anguilla, which lucked into having the .ai country ...
Discussion
January 2, 2025, 9:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
2024 in review: Domain Parking
There are storm clouds in parking, and this could impact the domain industry at large. You might be surprised that I’m discussing domain parking as a big topic in 2024. While I don’t write about parking much these days — given that ...
Discussion
2024 in review: Domain Parking
There are storm clouds in parking, and this could impact the domain industry at large. You might be surprised that I’m discussing domain parking as a big topic in 2024. While I don’t write about parking much these days — given that ...
Discussion
January 2, 2025, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
2024 in review: Domain Registration Stagnation
The domain market is flat. What does this mean for the industry at large? What does the domain name industry look like without growth? In 2024, we found out. According to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief, there were 362.3 million registered doma...
Discussion
2024 in review: Domain Registration Stagnation
The domain market is flat. What does this mean for the industry at large? What does the domain name industry look like without growth? In 2024, we found out. According to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief, there were 362.3 million registered doma...
Discussion
December 31, 2024, 6:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains gets patent for reserved domain name registration
Patent describes way to validate that an entity has rights to register a reserved name. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted patent 12,184,604 (pdf) to Unstoppable Domains for “Domain name registration based on verification of ent...
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Unstoppable Domains gets patent for reserved domain name registration
Patent describes way to validate that an entity has rights to register a reserved name. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted patent 12,184,604 (pdf) to Unstoppable Domains for “Domain name registration based on verification of ent...
Discussion
December 31, 2024, 5:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cripto.com owner sues Crypto.com owner, alleging reverse domain name hijacking
Domdevelo OÜ, an Estonian company that owns cripto.com, has sued (pdf) Foris Limited, a Hong Kong company that owns crypto.com. In November, Foris Limited filed a cybersquatting complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization, arguin...
Discussion
Cripto.com owner sues Crypto.com owner, alleging reverse domain name hijacking
Domdevelo OÜ, an Estonian company that owns cripto.com, has sued (pdf) Foris Limited, a Hong Kong company that owns crypto.com. In November, Foris Limited filed a cybersquatting complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization, arguin...
Discussion
December 31, 2024, 1:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Armor Bank tries reverse domain name hijacking
Bank goes after .com domain registered before it had trademark rights. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) panelist has found that Armor Bank tried reverse hijacking the domain ArmorBank .com. The Arkansas bank uses the domain name...
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Armor Bank tries reverse domain name hijacking
Bank goes after .com domain registered before it had trademark rights. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) panelist has found that Armor Bank tried reverse hijacking the domain ArmorBank .com. The Arkansas bank uses the domain name...
Discussion
December 30, 2024, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
2025 Predictions Episode – DNW Podcast #515
Here’s what your peers think will happen in the domain name industry in 2025. It’s the annual predictions episode! On today’s show, you’ll hear from 22 domain investors, marketplace operators, registry representatives, and oth...
Discussion
2025 Predictions Episode – DNW Podcast #515
Here’s what your peers think will happen in the domain name industry in 2025. It’s the annual predictions episode! On today’s show, you’ll hear from 22 domain investors, marketplace operators, registry representatives, and oth...
Discussion
December 30, 2024, 4:30 pm
